All, IBM has been working on graph database for some time (culminating in JanusGraph, a new community project under The Linux Foundation ) and has amassed lots of best practice in this area. We have also looked at a number of technology stacks, but now are settling on Titan and Tinkerpop as our standard - thereby offering native integration as an integral feature of Janus.
Of late we have noticed a growing interest in graph database and we are excited about the level of contribution through mailing lists like this. That said, we have also noticed a distinct lack of shared insight into how best to design and build systems using graph, and we would be interested to hear if those on this list agree? We have been referring to this as “Architectural Best Practice for Graph Database Systems” and we already have a number of assets we would like to share openly. That presents a challenge, however, as currently we see no natural home for such materials within the open source community. Nevertheless, when we thought about it, the clear consensus pointed to some branch under Tinkerpop, and for this reason we are reaching out to understand if and how best to proceed? Those interested from IBM will be watching this list with keen interest , but to get immediate feedback I would be grateful if you could copy to philip.tet...@uk.ibm.com. Many thanks indeed and we look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Dr Phil Tetlow CEng, FIET CTO Data Ecosystems, Chief Architect Big Data & Information Management Products, Adjunt Professor of Web Scienceat Southampton University (Specialist in Sociotechnical Systems & Reflective Engineering) Executive IT Architect, IBM Academy of Technology (Leadership Team) & W3C Member IBM Analytics Division Phone: 44-7740-923328 | Mobile: 44-7740-923328 (262999) E-mail: philip.tet...@uk.ibm.com Find me on: LinkedIn Twitter More on: Web Science | Power Laws| Mements My Books : The Web's Awake Understanding Information and Computation Personal Web Site 1175 Century Way Leeds, LS15 8ZB United Kingdom Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU
